The wait is nearly over for PS VR fans as Sony's next-generation VR gaming headset has a release date. In a PlayStation Blog post today, the company announced that the PS VR2 will launch February 22, 2023. The package, which comes with the PS VR2 headset, PS VR2 Sense controllers and stereo headphones, will retail at an RRP of $549.99 / €599.99 / £529.99 / ¥74,980 (including tax for GBP, EUR, and JPY), with pre-orders starting November 15.

Sony also provided the pricing for other bundles and accessories as well:

• PlayStation VR2 Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle at $599.99 / €649.99 / £569.99 / ¥79,980 (Includes PlayStation Store voucher code for Horizon Call of the Mountain, PS VR2 headset, PS VR2 Sense controllers, and stereo headphones)
• PlayStation VR2 Sense controller charging station at $49.99 / €49.99 / £39.99 / ¥5,480 (Players can charge the PS VR2 Sense controller through a simple click-in design, without having to connect to a PS5 console – freeing up the console’s USB ports.)

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As for software titles, they will be available for pre-orders starting this month. Are there any games you are looking forward to on the system?

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[supergamer368]

Wow. That expensive and it still requires connection to a console that's still barely in stock? Maybe was spoiled by the Quest 2's price (before it went up) but paying more for the headset than the console it connects to sounds crazy

 

[Noctosphere]

meaning 800$ in Canada

 

[boomy]

Ignoring the fact this thing costs a heap, there is no backwards compatability with PSVR1 so where are the games...? Games sells units.

 

[AngryCinnabon]

I'll pass, 800 bucks is just too much for my Canadian blood.

 

[SG854]

But does it play Riiiidge Racer in VR?

 

[Valwinz]

LMAO what that not counting the ps5 you need

VR is done just drop it already

 

[scoobydude51]

VR is done just drop it already

yup. Greed killed VR. surprised it lasted this long. barely anything improved, and yet it's become a luxury than a niche peripheral.

that's the consequences of going mainstream.

 

[Lazyboss]

So basically wait for another year for better bundle and worthy games.

 

[The Catboy]

Did a quick Google search to make sure but this is one of the most expensive VR headsets coming to the market. Sony really be out here just providing more reasons to jump from Console gaming to PC. PS5 is still a struggle to find, more and more exclusives are being ported to PC, and now one of this expensive VR headset.

 

[Xerokard]

Thats like $300 in 2020 money

 

[console]

Not worth to buy PS VR2. Save your money for other hardware or PC hardware upgrade like GPU, hard drive/SSD and go on. I save my money is toward gaming Nvidia GPU!

I heard PS VR before was poor sales. It will apply to PS VR2 in same way as poor sales. Don't bother with PS VR or PS VR2. Keep move on.

 

[shaunj66]

Holy shit I was all in day one on this but THAT PRICE!?

No. I don't think so anymore.

Edit: ... I mean ... Urgh. It's going to be tough to resist but that price just doesn't sit right with me. Maybe I'll wait until Alyx is inevitably released on it.

 

[such]

There's not a single VR device out right now that appeals to me, and I'm interested in something appealing to me. That's a proper market vacuum, and this isn't how you fill it - this is milking a dying cow.

 

[Chary]

With the way Sony dropped the PSVR1 like a hot potato, uh, thanks but no thanks.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

I don't know nothing about VR, but the other VRs have porn and this one doesn't right?

What else 3D is for?

 

[julianuf]

Spouse really pushed to buy a psvr1, which.. was maybe used a few times and never again?

I think this one will be a skip.

 

[Hayato213]

Way over priced

 

[tabzer]

Though not pictured, it probably comes with a ginormous box you have to connect to your PS5.

I'll wait to hear about how inconvenient the the PSVR2 is and allow them a chance to revise it and include backward compatibility before I seriously consider it.

My PS5 plays a PS5 game or two. But at least it plays PS4 games too; often better.

 

[shaunj66]

Though not pictured, it probably comes with a ginormous box you have to connect to your PS5.

I'll wait to hear about how inconvenient the the PSVR2 is and allow them a chance to revise it and include backward compatibility before I seriously consider it.

My PS5 plays a PS5 game or two. But at least it plays PS4 games too; often better.

It connects via a single USB-C cable to the PS5 front I/O. Backwards compatibility not happening due to a very different setup. Astro Bot for example, uses a virtual Dualsense inside the game - wouldn't work. Games will need to be patched which I guess very few will bother to do or Sony would have mentioned it by now.